I figured yesterday that the Liberals were gonna win, when I received my municipal tax notice that my taxes were going up another $150 this year......Because of less transfer payments from the province????
Ontario Election 2014 - The Official Thread
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Played out pretty much as I thought.
Locally it was nice to see Mr. Clark (PC) retain the riding of Leeds Grenville. He`s a good man, and does a good job for his constituents.
Randy Hillier (PC - Lanark) our Tea Party darling, is going to have to keep his privatizing health care (and everything else) plans on the shelf for a while longer.
Hoodat is gonzo, gonna quit as Con leader, and that`s good. The only policy he had was slash and burn. Not too much left in Ont. to decimate.
Maybe Wynne will be able to do something now,. With a minority she was hogtied. She`s a pretty much to the right of centre.Liberal. Smart as hell. Wish her well.
P.S. Go fukk yourself Wally.
Locally it was nice to see Mr. Clark (PC) retain the riding of Leeds Grenville. He`s a good man, and does a good job for his constituents.
Randy Hillier (PC - Lanark) our Tea Party darling, is going to have to keep his privatizing health care (and everything else) plans on the shelf for a while longer.
Hoodat is gonzo, gonna quit as Con leader, and that`s good. The only policy he had was slash and burn. Not too much left in Ont. to decimate.
Maybe Wynne will be able to do something now,. With a minority she was hogtied. She`s a pretty much to the right of centre.Liberal. Smart as hell. Wish her well.
P.S. Go fukk yourself Wally.
in the south anyway...metrosexualism and naive immigrants...they still mad steves cribbing at 24 sussex is all.
god bless 'em tho'...they'll start paying my pension in 4 years. ;-)
to the knitted cap crowd, congrats...just hope the rumors that your preem has developed prostate cancer aren't true. :lol:
Ooooooooh. Bitter.
When times were better, Ont. provided jobs for Newfies who wanted to travel to work, just as Sask. and Alta. are helping us less fortunates now.
Ottawa allowed Newfs to work a few weeks, and then collect the dole for the rest of the year. Ont. didn`t change that rule. Check out the Hairpiece for that. Hell, we can`t collect E.I. even after working for a lifetime. Newfs wouldn`t know what that means.
You`ve done well by Ont.
Ingrates.8O..................that means not grateful.
We can only hope. Wally is pretty much lol when his cons fall flat. .
Just think of this....When you reach 65 you will get a yearly $500. tax rebate, from the province to "help" with your municipal taxes woopie-do.....But wait...the usual tax rebate that existed before has been done with,, and my municipal taxes have gone up by $700. in the last 7 years.......
That's about the time the Liberals have been in power in the Province.......They are truly the tax and spend party...spend on crazy things like wind and solar power and tax us Po-folks..........
You gonna "red" her Wally. She's be scared shltless bout that..
You should run Con, yer even meaner and more stupid than Hoodat.
good luck.
whos laughing now? whos tory now? i'm glad the constipatives/suppositories lost votes.
Less than Harper got and all we have heard about is how illegitimate his government is.
Actually the Liberals are the only party that is open to electoral reform toward proportional representation.
In a lot of ridings, the NDP vote shifted Liberal swinging the seat away from the PCs. In popular vote (at least until I turned off the TV), the PCs were about the same as last time with Libs up and NDP down. This may have changed after I turned off the TV (the exact moment they declared Lieberal majority).
Clearly Hudak did not inspire more voters than last time and Wynn and her unholy alliance with public sector unions successfully scared people with the Mike Harris crap. In 4 years, with the mess this province will be in, it should be easier for a better PC leader to gain support.
I do think it needs to be a Red Tory in order to neutrialize the Lieberal lie machine.
Until they get in. Once in power, they will want to keep it.
I ended up voting for the local PC candidate. I liked the Green Party for its stance on the separate school system, but the local candidate seemed to not even know the Constitution for crying out loud, not to mention a few other signs of foolishness. The others could not even answer my questions; supposedly they had to check what the party stance was. Seriously? Do they check with their parties on how to wipe too while they're at it?
As for the PC candidate, he at least knew his Constitution, had the confidence to tell me where he stood on matters without feeling the need to check with the babysitter.. er... party central, could think outside the box, and when he did not know the answer to a question, had no fear of looking it up.
And as per my past history, I again voted for a losing candidate, and again I knew beforehand he stool little chance of winning since this riding is Liberal Provincially and NDP federally, and most people will blindly vote for a fool if he's a member of the 'right' party.
That's the problem. Contrary to popular opinion, Hudak and Wynne merely represent individual ridings. In the end, it's the overall composition of Parliament that matters, and not who's the party Fuerer. Contrary to popular belief, not all candidates woud blindly vote along with their party. Both Federally and Provincially and in all parties we can come up with cases of smart people who've broken with party ranks, so just 'cause one does not like Hudak does not mean he should disregard a good PC or any other candidate. Same with Wynne. But of course if we blindly vote party, all we end up with is highly paid bobbleheads.
They're also the most defensive of the separate school system in spite of it marring Canada's human rights reputation abroad. But hey, who actually believes an elected official has any reponsibility towards promoting Canada's human rights image abroad anyway, right?
Also, Prorep would only encourage the same kind of kneejerk voting for bobbleheads we see already. I'd say remove party names from the ballot.
As for the PC candidate, he at least knew his Constitution, had the confidence to tell me where he stood on matters without feeling the need to check with the babysitter.. er... party central, could think outside the box, and when he did not know the answer to a question, had no fear of looking it up.
And as per my past history, I again voted for a losing candidate, and again I knew beforehand he stool little chance of winning since this riding is Liberal Provincially and NDP federally, and most people will blindly vote for a fool if he's a member of the 'right' party.
That's the problem. Contrary to popular opinion, Hudak and Wynne merely represent individual ridings. In the end, it's the overall composition of Parliament that matters, and not who's the party Fuerer. Contrary to popular belief, not all candidates woud blindly vote along with their party. Both Federally and Provincially and in all parties we can come up with cases of smart people who've broken with party ranks, so just 'cause one does not like Hudak does not mean he should disregard a good PC or any other candidate. Same with Wynne. But of course if we blindly vote party, all we end up with is highly paid bobbleheads.
They're also the most defensive of the separate school system in spite of it marring Canada's human rights reputation abroad. But hey, who actually believes an elected official has any reponsibility towards promoting Canada's human rights image abroad anyway, right?
Also, Prorep would only encourage the same kind of kneejerk voting for bobbleheads we see already. I'd say remove party names from the ballot.
Isn't that similar to the margin by which your hero Harper got in? It was okay then....
Municipal? Did they anticipate some Hudak downloads?
I doubt you'll find real Conservatives any longer. The marketing strategy has changed to appeasement and compromise. Hudak and crew are still learning the ropes. If they wanted to learn how to be NDP/Liberal Light, they should have consulted Brad Wall. The SaskParty are successful because they campaigned on what they wouldn't do rather than what they will. If you eliminate their fears, the voter will warm to you really quick.
Nonsense. There has been insessant whining about it since Harper won his majority.
Nothing like a gracious winner. What goes around comes around. Get ready for Mayor Ford. :lol:
"Real" Conservatives are exactly like real Liberals and real Socialists, people who are stupid enough to get themselves beholden to a regime.
What's good for the goose is good for the gander. You can't justify one while condeming the other.
And both arguments are false. Both Harper and Wynn have legitimate majorities chosen by the voters of the country or province. All that is left to debate is the intelligence of said voters.
And of course the next Lieberal scandel.
I'm not justifying anything. I happen to know how 38% can win a majority - so I'll give you the benefit of a doubt and assume you mean a generic "you".
Are you going to be diappointed if there isn't another scandal - like the ones never exposed in cancelling nuclear power plants, or selling out Hydro to the for profit sector, thus crippling Ontario as an industrial power, or offing public works (Hwy 407) to foreign investors, or building an expressway that starts nowhere, ends nowhere and screws up traffic patterns everywhere it goes - Allen Expressway?
Are you going to be diappointed if there isn't another scandal - like the ones never exposed in cancelling nuclear power plants, or selling out Hydro to the for profit sector, thus crippling Ontario as an industrial power, or offing public works (Hwy 407) to foreign investors, or building an expressway that starts nowhere, ends nowhere and screws up traffic patterns everywhere it goes - Allen Expressway?